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Porter didn't switch pitchers until he saw Scioscia was bringing in a pinch hitter, this is just as big of a deal as last night's screw up because it's even more crystal clear. Umpires are ridiculous, some of them get paid as much as doctors, do your job!

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Wow, pitcher was fine, Porter just ran out to change pitchers. This can be protested because it's a misinterpretation of a rule, while last night's game could not have been protested because it was based on judgment.

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Does this situation not come into play in almost every N.L. game? Did the umps think Porter found some mysterious loophole that alluded every other manager in history? I know it's an A.L. game but still how can a handful of umps get together and not figure this out.

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Does this situation not come into play in almost every N.L. game? Did the umps think Porter found some mysterious loophole that alluded every other manager in history? I know it's an A.L. game but still how can a handful of umps get together and not figure this out.

"Once I made sure that he pinch-hit for the batter that was scheduled to hit, then I started towards the mound. The home plate umpire, he kind of stopped me. He said, ‘Whoa, Bo,’ and then Scioscia started yelling he has to face a hitter. I just calmly explained to him my interpretation of the rule is ‘Yes he has to face hitter ,as long as it’s the hitter that’s scheduled to hit.’ The hitter that was scheduled to hit had now been pinch-hit for, which now gives me the right to bring a pitcher to face the pinch-hitter.”

So basically, the umpires first inclination, as pointed out here was to stop Bo Porter, but Bo Porter explained the way he sees the rule and the umpires, who are in charge of the rules, deferred to his lesser judgement. The fact that the umpires screwed the pooch on this one is awful, its not a judgement call, its not unclear video, its a simple matter of knowing the rules of the game, the ones youre charged with enforcing.

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Fell asleep before the game ended and just seeing the explanations now, what a load of nonsense, like Holy Browns said, the umps flat out didn't know the rule. This isn't the Supreme Court debating the technicalities of some insanely complex issue, if a pitcher comes into the game he has to pitch to somebody, doesn't matter who that body is, it's that simple. What next, is Houston also going to protest the game cause two of their ghost runners should have counted for runs?

Also, not sure if it means much but the 1B ump blew an easy call early in the game, that decision went against the Halos as well and ended up costing them a run. Glad the Halos rallied cause they were getting the crappy end of the stick all night.

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Wouldn't have that much confidence in my manager, Porter, if he not only did not know the rule but lacked the curiosity to even find out the rule before reaching the post-game press conference hours after the fact and embarrass yourself further.